Method of making garters



R. GORTON, DECD. C. W. NOYESI ADMINISTRATOR. METHOD OF MAKING GARTERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-J, I9I9. 1,352,258.

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Patented Sept. 7,1920. I

R. GORTON, DEC'D. c. w. uovzs. ADMINISTRATOR.

METHOD OF MAKING [METERS- APPLICATION FILED OCT- I9I9- I 1,352,258. I Patentedsept. 7, 1920'.

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UNITED STATES Rosana: eon'ron, or BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS; CHARLES w. No'YEsADMINIs I T-RATOR or SAID Bonner sonro tpncnnsnn 1 I METHOD or Martino Greases;

secured to a pad or pads arranged between the ends of the leg-band. This kind of garp ter is commonly called a pad garter, and the object of my present invention is to provide a new method of making a garter of this class which is provided with two pads and clasps adapted to engage the stocking at different points.

In my Ilnited States have shown, described and claimed a new pad garter and a method of'making the same in which the garter is provided with a single pad. My present invention relates to the manufacture of garters in which each garter is provided with two pads and two suspending-clasps and n which certain features of my previous inventions are. em-.

bodied in, connectionwith other new features. 7

The garter made in accordance with my present invention comprises two pads made from strip materlal, spaced apartand carr in clas 3s at their lower ends i the ads being connected with a horizontal leg-band member'arranged between them from which the pads extend downwardly. Each ofthe pads has a leg-bandpart made from the strip material which extends upwardly from the pad and which is connected with the remainder or" the leg-band.

The method of the present invention briefly stated, consists in folding the outer portions of a strip of material on the rniddle portion thereof, joining the end portions to the middle portion by transverse lines ofstitches, extending the portions of the strip at each end to form a portion 'of. the leg-- band, and then flattening the loop at each end of the blank and securing it to the'free end and to the middle portion of the strip.

In the accompanying drawings Figure'l is a perspective view of a double of making such a garter.

, I Patents Nos. 1,825,716 and 1,325,717'0f Dec. 23, 1919,1-

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Application filed October 7, 1919. se ial No. 329,073.

Figs. 2 to'Sinclusive, illustrate the method Fig. 2 shows a strip of material from which the pad and leg-band or portions thereof may be made.

Fig. 3 shows a step of the method which consists in folding the oppositeend portions of the strip upon the middle portion thereof-and in securing' theztwo layers ofmaterial near each end by a diagonal line of stitches.

Fig. t shows the next step in the process which consists in' bending thefree ends of the strip 011 diagonal lines of stitches.

Fig. 5 shows the'succeedin'g step in which, the loops formedv at 'each end of the blank are flattened to define the pads and bring them into proper relation'with the leg-band pad garter'ma'de in accordance with my invent1on.

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Fig. 6 shows how the clasp members are j associated'with the pad "portions of the garterp V v Fig. 7 is a rear view of the parts shown in Fig.6."

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate how the lines or" stitches "are disposed after the strip is bent, folded and arranged and after the clasp members'have been associated with the pads.

Fig. 8 illustrates a blank that maybe used, in which those parts of the strip which afford material for the pads are expanded or made wider than the. other portions 7 of Fig.9 is. made from the blanks shown'in Fig. '9.

, s 1 '90 a perspective View ot a garter In Fig. 1, A Eindicates'the p ads, B the 1 leg-band, and C, C the tabs 'whi'ch'may be considered partsof the leg-band. D indicates clasps with stocking-engaging members of well known construction, and E the suspending devices therefor which are at- V tachedto the garter. F indicates the usual.

slide or. takeup; and G the fastening devices or cast-cit s i r In th'egartcr of my prior patents, legband portions extend upwardly and outwardly'from'the opposite sides of the pad. In the, double pad 'garter,"a leg-band por tion extends upwardly and outwardly from the outside of each pad, and the two re- .maining leg-band portionsunite or are 7:

united or connected to form a horizontally arranged leg-band portion connecting the pads. Each pad instead of being arranged vertically is inclined downwardly and out wardly from its upper end So that the two pads extend downwardly from the leg-band in divergent directions.

In the manufacture of the garter, I em: ploy a strip ofmaterial, 1,'which isof suf-,

. portions folded upon the middle portion this, the free or end portions 4 of the stripthereof in the manner indicated in Fig. 3, and the folded portions are joined at each end by a diagonal line of' stitches 2 in such manner as to produce loop portions 3. After at each end are extended to provide legband portions. The loop portions 3 are then flattened in the manner indicated in Fig. 5

and in so doing the pads 5 are produced, and these are of substantially the same shape and construction as those shown in my prior. applications. The clasps D are then associated with ,the pads, the claspsuspending. tapes being attached to the pads by lines of stitches which are indiher 6.

cated in Figs. 6 and 7. When thus folded and stitched, the pads will be inclined in the manner before described. and will be connected by a horizontally arranged mem- A fasteningdevice is applied to the tab 0 and the leg-band portion 0 may be attached to the rear leg-band portion B, shown in 1. It is obvious that the rear leg-band portion may be applied or connected with the pads and the take-up and fastening 'devicesor cast-off may be applied either before or after the folding operations before mentioned. Preferably the pads and the parts immediately associated with them vare made of double faced tubular material,

as is common in pad garters of this kind.

In my application for patent Serial No.

329,072 filed October 7, l9l9,-I have shown and described how pad garters may be made from strip material in which the width of the strip is not uniform, but which iswider in thoseparts-from which the pad or pads stitching, etc. is the same as that heretofore described, it is not necessary to further describethe construction of the garter shown in Figs. 9 and 10' or its method of manufacture, but such a garter made from the expanded or widened material, has advan: tages over those before described inasmuch as in this way larger pads maybe produced and yet the leg-band parts may be narrow or of the same width as corresponding parts in garters made from strips of material of uniform width.

I claim as my invention 1. The method of forming a garter, which consists in folding the opposite end portions of strip material upon the middle portion thereof, joining the folded portions at" each end by a transverse line of stitches, extending the free portion of the strip at each end to form a part of the, leg-band, and'then flattening the loop at each end and securing it to the free end and to the middle portion of the strip.

2. The method of consists'in foldingthe opposite end portions of strip material upon the middle portion thereof, oining the folded portions at their opposite ends by diagonal lines of stitches, extending from one longitudinal edge of the strip inward to the opposite edge thereof, extending the free portion of the strip each end to form apart of the leg-band,

and then flattening the loop at each end and securing it to the free end andto the middle portion of the strip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ROBERT eoR'ToN.

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